Boosting Europe's Grid Stability with a Smart Consumption Guide

Climate shifts and global tensions are making Europe's power grid resilience a hot topic. One clever solution is voluntary demand response, which helps balance power supply and demand during energy shortages or surplus from renewables. An open data service called Interoperable Recommender is making waves. It uses public data to calculate each country's power imbalance risk and gives real-time tips to help people adjust their energy use. This service considers local grid limits and connections with other countries.In Portugal, Greece, and Croatia, pilots with over 300 consumers showed that this system works. For example, in Portugal, 7% of the time, people got actionable tips, and during those times, energy use dropped by 4%. This proves that asking people to cut back can make a real difference. Semantic interoperability is like a universal language for data. It allows other services to enhance energy management and tailor apps for consumers. This means everyone benefits, from the power companies to the people paying the bills.